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1 . 9 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 223/35

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1964/77 of 31 August 1977 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable from 1 September 1977 to sugar and molasses exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Treaty which are manufactured under similar COMMUNITIES, conditions ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (c) the need to ensure equality of competition for the Economic Community, industries which use Community products and Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No those which use third-country products under 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­ inward processing arrangements ; zation of the market in sugar (!), as last amended by Whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2682/72 Regulation (EEC) No 1110/77 (2), and in particular the provides that, when the rate of the refund is being first sentence of the sixth subparagraph of Article 19 fixed, account should be taken, where appropriate, of (2) thereof, refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent Whereas Article 19 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No effect applicable in all Member States in accordance 3330/74 provides that the difference between quota­ with the Regulation on the common organization of tions or prices on the world market for the products the market in the product in question to the basic listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a), (c) and (d) of that Regulation products listed in Annex A to that Regulation or to and prices within the Community may be covered by assimilated products ; whereas at present no produc­ an export refund ; whereas Council Regulation (EEC) tion refunds are granted ; whereas it is therefore unnec­ No 2682/72 of 12 December 1972 laying down essary to fix differentiated export refunds for the general rules for granting export refunds on certain goods in question ; agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), as last are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 38/76 (4), speci­ ment Committee for Sugar, fies the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : (EEC) No 3330/74 ; Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2682/72, the rate Article 1 of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic The rates of the refunds applicable from 1 September products in question must be fixed for each month ; 1977 to the basic products appearing in Annex A to Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Regulation (EEC) No 2682/72 and listed in Article 1 Article, that rate must be determined with particular ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74, exported in the reference to : form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) (a) the average costs incurred by processing industries No 3330/74, are fixed as shown in the Annex hereto. in obtaining supplies of the basic products in ques­ tion on the Community market and the prices Article 2 ruling on the world markets ; (b) the level of the refunds on exports of processed This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September agricultural products covered by Annex II to the 1977 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 31 August 1977. For the Commission fitienne DAVIGNON Member of the Commission

( 1) OJ No L 359 , 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p . 1 . P) OJ No L 289 , 27 . 12. 1972, p . 13 . (4) OJ No L 354, 24. 12 . 1976, p . 1 .

No L 223 /36 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 9 . 77

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1977 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable from 1 September 1977 to sugar and molasses exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

Rate of refund in u.a.l 100 kg : White sugar : 22-10 Raw sugar : 15-15 Syrups of beet sugar or cane sugar con­ taining, in the dry state , 98 % or more by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) : 22-10 X S (') 100 Molasses, whether or not decolorized :

( l ) ' S ' represents the weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) in 100 kilograms of syrup